The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 3 - 3 FOREST - Sat Oct 26, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Oct 26, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-3 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-3

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Ireland's Saturday Night - Saturday 26 October 1968
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 26 October 1968

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: J Lewis
Attendance:: 32,937
League Week:: 14 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 22 19
Opp Before/After:: 11 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Mar 24, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2591 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 1215 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 2859 (of 5828)
Total:: 4101 (of 7633)
Played:: 57 years, 10 months, 15 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Johnny Carey
Prior form: DLDLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ian Storey-Moore (56')
Joe Baker (69')
Joe Baker (74')

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Joe Mercer
Prior form: WWLDWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Colin Bell (11')
John Winfield (32') (OG)
Peter Hindley (40') (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Gordon Marshall
2	D	24	Peter Hindley
3	D	25	John Winfield
4	M	29	Billy Taylor
5	D	36	Bob McKinlay
6	M	24	Henry Newton
7	F	23	Barry Lyons
8	F	29	John Barnwell
9	F	20	Colin Hall off for Joe Baker (64')
10	F	22	Sammy Chapman
11	F	23	Ian Storey-Moore (56')
Subs
12	F	28	Joe Baker on for Colin Hall (64') (69') (74')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Gordon Marshall	2		7	1
2	D	24	Peter Hindley	202	4	7	1
3	D	25	John Winfield	193	4	7	1
4	M	29	Billy Taylor	14	1	322	46
5	D	36	Bob McKinlay	663	10	7	1
6	M	24	Henry Newton	224	10	7	1
7	F	23	Barry Lyons	91	14	7	1
8	F	29	John Barnwell	165	23	14	2
9	F	20	Colin Hall off for Joe Baker (64')	10		7	1
10	F	22	Sammy Chapman	56	11	7	1
11	F	23	Ian Storey-Moore (56')	151	63	7	1
Subs
12	F	28	Joe Baker on for Colin Hall (64') (69') (74')	115	47	14	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Harry Dowd
2	2	Dave Connor
3	3	Glyn Pardoe
4	4	Mike Doyle
5	5	Tommy Booth
6	6	Alan Oakes
7	7	Francis Lee
8	8	Colin Bell
9	9	Mike Summerbee
10	10	Neil Young
11	11	Tony Coleman
Subs
12		Bobby Owen

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Oct 26, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	0-0	West Ham United
Ipswich Town	0-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Leeds United	0-0	West Bromwich Albion
Leicester City	0-2	Burnley
Liverpool	2-1	Newcastle United
Manchester City	3-3	Nottingham Forest
Queens Park Rangers	2-3	Manchester United
Southampton	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke City	2-0	Chelsea
Sunderland	3-0	Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-2	Everton

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Leeds United	14	10	2	2	25	15	6	1	0	14	3	4	1	2	11	12	10	22	WLWWWL
2	Liverpool	15	9	3	3	31	10	6	1	0	17	4	3	2	3	14	6	21	21	WWWDWL
3	Everton	15	8	5	2	30	13	6	1	1	16	4	2	4	1	14	9	17	21	DWWDWW
4	Arsenal	15	8	5	2	20	11	5	2	0	13	4	3	3	2	7	7	9	21	LDDDWL
5	Chelsea	15	7	6	2	29	14	4	4	0	15	7	3	2	2	14	7	15	20	DLWDDW
6	West Ham United	15	6	6	3	30	16	4	3	1	22	7	2	3	2	8	9	14	18	DDDLLW
7	Tottenham Hotspur	15	6	5	4	30	25	4	2	2	19	11	2	3	2	11	14	5	17	WDWDLW
8	West Bromwich Albion	15	7	3	5	27	28	5	2	1	18	10	2	1	4	9	18	-1	17	DLWWWW
9	Sheffield Wednesday	15	5	6	4	19	19	4	3	1	14	10	1	3	3	5	9	0	16	WDDDLL
10	Burnley	15	7	2	6	23	31	6	1	1	16	9	1	1	5	7	22	-8	16	LWLWWW
11	Manchester City	15	4	6	5	21	20	3	4	0	13	6	1	2	5	8	14	1	14	WWLDWD
12	Newcastle United	15	4	6	5	24	23	2	4	2	12	12	2	2	3	12	11	1	14	LDLWWW
13	Sunderland	15	4	6	5	17	26	4	1	2	10	7	0	5	3	7	19	-9	14	LDDLWL
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	4	5	6	14	20	2	4	1	7	10	2	1	5	7	10	-6	13	DLWLDW
15	Ipswich Town	15	5	2	8	22	27	3	0	4	11	12	2	2	4	11	15	-5	12	DWLLLW
16	Manchester United	14	4	4	6	18	23	4	2	2	11	10	0	2	4	7	13	-5	12	LWDDLL
17	Southampton	15	4	4	7	18	24	3	1	3	12	13	1	3	4	6	11	-6	12	DDDLLW
18	Stoke City	15	4	3	8	14	23	4	1	2	7	7	0	2	6	7	16	-9	11	DLDWLL
19	Coventry City	15	2	5	8	15	26	2	2	4	11	12	0	3	4	4	14	-11	9	DDLLLD
20	Leicester City	15	3	3	9	14	26	3	2	2	11	8	0	1	7	3	18	-12	9	LDLWLL
21	Queens Park Rangers	15	2	5	8	17	33	2	4	1	10	12	0	1	7	7	21	-16	9	DDLWWL
22	Nottingham Forest	13	1	6	6	18	23	0	4	2	8	11	1	2	4	10	12	-5	8	DLDLLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Liverpool	16	10	3	3	33	11	7	1	0	19	5	3	2	3	14	6	22	23	WWDWLW		2-1
1	2	Everton	16	9	5	2	32	14	6	1	1	16	4	3	4	1	16	10	18	23	WWDWWW		2-1
2	3	Leeds United	15	10	3	2	25	15	6	2	0	14	3	4	1	2	11	12	10	23	LWWWLD		0-0
	4	Arsenal	16	8	6	2	20	11	5	3	0	13	4	3	3	2	7	7	9	22	DDDWLD		0-0
	5	Chelsea	16	7	6	3	29	16	4	4	0	15	7	3	2	3	14	9	13	20	LWDDWL		0-2
	6	West Ham United	16	6	7	3	30	16	4	3	1	22	7	2	4	2	8	9	14	19	DDLLWD		0-0
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	16	7	5	4	31	25	4	2	2	19	11	3	3	2	12	14	6	19	DWDLWW		1-0
	8	West Bromwich Albion	16	7	4	5	27	28	5	2	1	18	10	2	2	4	9	18	-1	18	LWWWWD		0-0
1	9	Burnley	16	8	2	6	25	31	6	1	1	16	9	2	1	5	9	22	-6	18	WLWWWW		2-0
1	10	Sheffield Wednesday	16	5	7	4	20	20	4	3	1	14	10	1	4	3	6	10	0	17	DDDLLD		1-1
2	11	Sunderland	16	5	6	5	20	26	5	1	2	13	7	0	5	3	7	19	-6	16	DDLWLW		3-0
1	12	Manchester City	16	4	7	5	24	23	3	5	0	16	9	1	2	5	8	14	1	15	WLDWDD		3-3
1	13	Newcastle United	16	4	6	6	25	25	2	4	2	12	12	2	2	4	13	13	0	14	DLWWWL		1-2
2	14	Manchester United	15	5	4	6	21	25	4	2	2	11	10	1	2	4	10	15	-4	14	WDDLLW		3-2
2	15	Southampton	16	4	5	7	19	25	3	2	3	13	14	1	3	4	6	11	-6	13	DDLLWD		1-1
2	16	Stoke City	16	5	3	8	16	23	5	1	2	9	7	0	2	6	7	16	-7	13	LDWLLW		2-0
3	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	4	5	7	15	22	2	4	2	8	12	2	1	5	7	10	-7	13	LWLDWL		1-2
3	18	Ipswich Town	16	5	2	9	22	28	3	0	5	11	13	2	2	4	11	15	-6	12	WLLLWL		0-1
3	19	Nottingham Forest	14	1	7	6	21	26	0	4	2	8	11	1	3	4	13	15	-5	9	LDLLLD		3-3
1	20	Queens Park Rangers	16	2	5	9	19	36	2	4	2	12	15	0	1	7	7	21	-17	9	DLWWLL		2-3
2	21	Coventry City	16	2	5	9	15	29	2	2	4	11	12	0	3	5	4	17	-14	9	DLLLDL		0-3
2	22	Leicester City	16	3	3	10	14	28	3	2	3	11	10	0	1	7	3	18	-14	9	DLWLLL		0-2